The 1985 Soviet football championship was the 54th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eleventh time.
Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upTop LeagueDinamo Kiev (11)Spartak MoscowFirst LeagueDaugava Riga (1)CSKA MoscowSecond LeagueGroup 1Dinamo BrianskZorkiy KrasnogorskGroup 2Zvezda PermUralmash SverdlovskGroup 3Rostselmash Rostov-na-DonuSpartak NalchikGroup 4Geolog TyumenZvezda IrkutskGroup 5Atlantas KlapeidaMetallurg LipetskGroup 6Tavriya SimferopolNiva VinnitsaGroup 7Sokhibkor KhalkabadNeftyanik FerganaGroup 8Meliorator ChimkentTselinnik TelinogradGroup 9Mertskhali MakharadzeKiapaz KirovobadSoviet CupDinamo Kiev (7)Shakhter Donetsk
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship
Top League
For the following season the League was reduced to 16 members. The teams that finished 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament with the two best out of the Soviet First League. Out of this tournament the two best teams continued on in the Soviet Top League.
For the 1986 season there was no promotion out of the Soviet First League.
First League For places 1–12
For places 13–22
Playoffs Group A
Group B
Group V
Second League
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
For places 1-14
Group 7
Group 8 For places 1-6
Group 9
Top goalscorers
Top League Oleh Protasov (Dnepr Dneprpetrovsk) – 35 goals
First League Valeriy Shmarov (CSKA Moscow) – 29 goals
References
External links 1985 Soviet football championship. RSSSF